Table 1.

Somatic membrane properties of CA1 pyramidal neurons

Rat Vm (mV) Rinω (M&OHgr;) AP thresh (mV) AP ampl (mV) AP width (msec) fAHP ampl (mV) fAHP dur (msec) mAHP ampl (mV) mAHP dur (msec) Adapt (msec) Cort (ng/ml) n = 12
SP (19) -62 ± 1 52 ± 3* -51 ± 1 90 ± 5 0.8 ± 0.02 8.9 ± 2 4.1 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.2 249 ± 55 73 ± 8 211 ± 33*
Control (25) -63 ± 1 69 ± 3 -53 ± 1 92 ± 4 0.8 ± 0.02 8.6 ± 1 4.8 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.1 190 ± 36 43 ± 4* 87 ± 21
  • Vm′ Resting membrane potential; Rin′ input resistance; AP, action potential; thresh, threshold; ampl, amplitude from Vm′ width at half-maximum amplitude; fAHP ampl, fast afterhyperpolarization peak amplitude from Vm′. dur, duration at half-maximum amplitude; mAHP, medium afterhyperpolariztion; adapt, spike frequency adaptation as mean spike interval during last 350 msec of 700 msec current injection; Cort, plasma corticosterone concentration. *p<0.01.